Chapter 251: The Battle of "Waterfront City" (5)
Facing the tired soldiers on the front line, as well as the enemy troops who were still in a steady stream and fearless of death, Lan Bofei thought about it and ordered the four squads on the first line to withdraw as soon as possible, and the second line was on top.
The flying knights quickly received the order, and they parachuted directly behind the commander of the first line, telling the herald who was standing by here, and then the herald stepped forward to deliver the order at the risk.
But if Rambo Buddha was here, he would never have given such an order, but would have done it differently.
In a stalemate on the front, it is not easy to withdraw the troops in time, the squad commander needs to convey the order to all the fighters, and the fighters who are fighting are often difficult to receive instructions from the commander at this time, how to ensure that the whole squad acts together instead of fighting separately, is the first problem that the commander needs to face.
In addition, how to get rid of the enemy's tail pursuit in an orderly manner, and how to hand over the position to the friendly forces in the rear are all things that the commander needs to consider.
Due to the rapid expansion of the Divine Envoy King's legion in the past two years, many squad commanders lack actual combat experience, and the previous purge before and after the break with the main nest has cleared out many old commanders who have been following the protagonist out of the army. All of this has led to the fact that the combat experience of the current Divine Envoy King Legion is far inferior to that of the previous two years, and its combat effectiveness has also been affected.
This Divine Envoy King Legion has not fought this kind of defensive battle for a long time, although the front-line squad commanders have received the education of the military academy founded by the protagonist, and know that some soldiers should be left behind as the rear of the palace to sacrifice, but at this time, some squad commanders will always have some other ideas.
It is precisely because of the difference in ideas that there is confusion on the front.
Of the four squads, two squads remained behind the rear, and the large force managed to withdraw and hand over the position to the friendly forces.
A squad did not leave the troops behind the palace and wanted to retreat directly, but was entangled by the enemy forces that caught up and lost its formation in the melee. If it weren't for the friendly forces in the rear pressing in time to cover the retreat of this team, then this team might have been completely dispersed. Even so, the squad lost half of its soldiers.
The commander of the last squad thought very highly of himself, and in the continuous fighting, he saw that the enemy's combat effectiveness was not strong, and only the will to fight was very resolute. So he wanted to launch a counterattack, force the enemy back, and then calmly retreat. At this time, the friendly forces have taken over their positions, which can cover their orderly withdrawal.
His plan was good, and the first stage of the counterattack did quickly crush the enemy in front of him.
However, due to the lack of coordination with the surrounding friendly forces, this lone assault team was soon flanked by enemy forces from the left and right.
Although the enemy army lacked commanders and was not easy to dispatch, the nature of the ants made the enemy soldiers look for the nearest enemy, and spontaneously surrounded the squad.
By the time the friendly forces in the rear caught up, the squad had been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and the friendly forces launched an attack to deal with them, but they could not break through the enemy's thick encirclement in a short time.
And in the encirclement, the squad was attacked on all sides, the fragile makeshift line of defense was crumbling, and fighters were killed at every moment.
Rambo Fei had no better way, the team was surrounded too quickly, and after only a few moments, it was in a great crisis.
The Flying Knight Armored Bull, who was hovering in the sky, had a good relationship with the surrounded squad commander, and he ventured to land and pick up the squad commander in the middle of the squad's temporary position.
The remnants of the squad commander, who had lost their squad commanders, had no Flying Knight to pick them up again, so they had to fight on their own, and were soon overwhelmed by the unstoppable enemy forces like a rising tide.
This was the first time since the start of the war that the Divine Envoy King Legion had appeared, and the entire squad had been wiped out.
Lan Bofei ignored the squad commander who was picked up by Jia Niu, and did not think about how to deal with this commander who made a mistake in decision-making.
He was now more concerned about the situation of the war.
Due to the panic and incoordination of the retreat of the troops of the first line, it not only led to the casualties of dozens of fighters, but also forced the front to retreat by a distance of about one decimeter.
Previously, the battle line chosen by the Divine Angel King's legion was the shortest circumference and smooth surface of the wooden bridge, which was conducive to building a defensive formation.
After being forced to retreat, the new position had protruding wood tumors and pits after fungus decayed, and the terrain was uneven.
Attackers prefer this complex terrain, where they can attack from all heights and from all areas where they can pass. In order to keep the front intact, the defenders had to hold all the points.
Due to the disguised elongation of the battle line, the Divine Envoy King's legion threw six squads to the front line. Due to the uneven terrain, the second-row fighters, who could have climbed the backs of the first-row fighters to attack condescendingly, are now often caught in the condescending offensive of the enemy near the high ground, and the razor tactics are greatly reduced.
The enemy's losses were great, the circular wooden bridge simply could not accommodate too many corpses, due to the crowding, even the corpses of both sides on the bridge deck directly above were constantly squeezed down, and on the water under the bridge and downstream, a layer of ant "carpet" was laid, among which there were dead and motionless ants, and there were also ants that fell because of injuries or crowding, still struggling.
Countless insects flocked to the feast, including dragon lice swimming in the water, water spiders gliding on the water, and dragonflies flying in the sky, all joining in this feast and feasting on the body of ants.
Dragon lice catch an ant and dive to the bottom of the water, with large bubbles on their tails. After eating its food from the safety of the water, it rises again.
The water spider dragged one or two ants past the edge of the floating and crowded ants, and also quickly swayed on the surface of the water, feeding from a distance.
The dragonfly's predation is like a little water, each time it flies quickly and lightly, and with a slight decrease in altitude, it hooks some ant carcasses with its arthropods from the surface of the water.
Fierce battles are taking place on the bridge deck, with countless insects surging on the water, beneath the water, and in the air, a rare spectacle is staged.
The fighting will of the old-fashioned king's army is surprisingly tenacious, since the old-fashioned king brainwashed all the male ants under his command, these male ants have been fighting for the recovery of the main nest, and they are crazy for the future to be able to stay in the main nest and even join the king's meeting.
With the Archotype King granting some of the male ant kings the title, the remaining males have strengthened their confidence in following the Archotype King and defeating the evil Divine King.
The fighting spirit of the commander is the morale of the troops, and under the leadership of the almost crazy commander, it is no wonder that these soldiers of the old-fashioned King Army are so high-spirited and will not retreat.
The battle line of the Divine King's Legion was squeezed back little by little by the tremendous pressure, but the length of the wooden bridge was limited, and it was impossible for them to retreat all the time......